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a national WB and UPN station. I sent an email to my local WB network as I had tivo'd the first Beauty and the Geek show . When we went to watch it, it was an hour of a basketball game instead. I asked if they had any plans to rerun it and below is the reply I got.

Thank you for your interest in WTTV-TV WB4 and our programming. Both "OneTree Hill" and "Beauty and the Geek: Casting Special" aired on Wednesdaynight, following coverage of the Purdue basketball game. Unfortunately,we're not able to rebroadcast either program per our contract with the WBNetwork.

Any time a WB primetime program is preempted by basketball, it will airfollowing the game.

Thats the way stuff like that is handled at almost every single local affiliate that also has the local sports broadcast contract....We have that problem on UPN in NE Ohio and the Cavs, as well as NBC with the Browns on occasion, they did that with a series premiere a few years back, anyone remember Lyon's Den...they showed it at like 1:35 in the morning....this could happen on any local network, something that superstations cannot fix...

Thats the way stuff like that is handled at almost every single local affiliate that also has the local sports broadcast contract....We have that problem on UPN in NE Ohio and the Cavs, as well as NBC with the Browns on occasion, they did that with a series premiere a few years back, anyone remember Lyon's Den...they showed it at like 1:35 in the morning....this could happen on any local network, something that superstations cannot fix...

Having a superstation package would help by having an alternative WB station when the local one pre-empts primetime shows. In Chicago, WGN pre-empts programming due to Chicago Bulls basketball sometimes and airs the shows late. That is why I have WPIX New York as well. WPIX usually doesn't ever pre-empt WB programs.